It’s a beauty with a stylized “G” emerging from the outline of the Hill’s home state with stars coming out of the top.

It had to hurt Hill to be traded from the Spurs after three seasons with the team. He was one of the franchise’s more popular players as San Antonio fans loved his hustle, his intensity and his grit on defense. General manager R.C. Buford told reporters it was one of his most difficult days as a general manager after he swapped an organizational favorite.

And while the move is difficult, it shouldn’t work out too badly for Hill.

He gets a chance to move back and play basketball in his hometown and perhaps challenge for a starting position with his new team.

Earlier, he helped put IUPUI on the map in Indianapolis as its first homegrown player to make the NBA.

And before that, he was one of the leading scorers in state history during an illustrious career at Broad Ripple High School in Indianapolis. Hill joked that he was the second most famous alumnus of the school, ranking only behind David Letterman of the Class of 1965.

Hill will have a chance to go back home where those same traits should make him the most popular Pacer since Reggie Miller was draining threes and taunting Spike Lee back in the day.

His chances with the Spurs were diminished when he struggled running the point last season when Tony Parker was injured. Some late-game mental errors and his struggles against Memphis in the playoffs made some wonder if he adequately could fill the point guard position if Parker was swapped.

Instead, the team made a safer move by trading his substitute for a package headed by San Diego State stopper Kawhi Leonard. The new addition fills a need of a defensive stopper the Spurs haven’t had since Bruce Bowen left.

It was a difficult decision for the Spurs to move Hill, but it might be one that will help both teams.

It hurts Hill to move from the only team he’s played for in the NBA.

But he’s going home. And returning to the place he proudly wears on his side won’t be too bad.